Associate / Staff Mission Data Analyst at SciTec – Dayton, Ohio, United States
Job Description
SciTec, Inc. has been awarded multiple government contracts and is growing our creative Team! SciTec, Inc. is a dynamic small business with the mission to deliver advanced sensor data processing technologies and scientific instrumentation capabilities in support of national security and defense. We support customers throughout the Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. government in building innovative new tools to deliver unique world-class data exploitation capabilities.
SciTec Inc. has an immediate opportunity for a talented systems analyst/engineer to support our programs delivering next-generation missile warning software. This is a unique opportunity to join a small business delivering core capabilities for national defense. You will work within a fast-paced team delivering end-to-end software processing of Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) sensor data for Missile Warning (MW), Missile Defense (MD), Technical Intelligence (TI), and Battlespace Awareness (BA). You will perform analysis and studies on complex, mission critical software in various phases or maturity, from prototype to operational systems. you will work and develop analysist tools in Python, MATLAB, and other languages to support analysis. our ideal candidate will be able to analyze and interpret the results of data processing algorithms to find patterns, identify deficiencies, and recommend improvements to influence algorithmic development and system deployment. This an early career role. Industry or research-level academic experience with remote sensing data analysis is preferred.
Responsibilities:
- Interpreting raw and graphical algorithm performance data into actionable recommendations for software development teams
- Presenting analysis findings to team leads
- Creating formal analysis reports and participate in peer review
- Testing prototype, development, and sustainment software builds to support performance analysis for mission critical capabilities
- Developing analysis tools in Python ranging from data readers to interactive multivariate visualizations
- Designing new metrics to improve algorithm and system performance assessments
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in the physical sciences, mathematics, engineering, or computer science
- Experience with large dataset analysis
- Minimum of 1 year of analytical experience
- Some experience in Python
- Experience using analytical techniques such as basic statistics, correlation, analysis of variance, and optimization
- Demonstrated ability to work on Linux operating systems
- Ability to maintain a current active DoD SECRET security clearance or higher
- Detail oriented
- Good verbal and written communication skills
Candidates who have one or more of the following skills will be preferred:
- Experience with the exploitation and analysis of OPIR data
- At least on year of experience using Python and/or MATLAB for data analysis
- Capability to follow logic in other languages (C++, shell scripts)
- Experience using visualization and analysis Python packages
- Fluency with object-oriented software design principles
- An advanced degree in the physical sciences, mathematics, engineering, or computer science
- Experience working in an Agile development process
- Experience with Missile Warning (MW), Missile Defense (MD), Technical Intelligence (TI), or Battlespace Awareness (BA)
